I still don't own anything. This is the sequel to my story Lycanthrope. It takes place ten years after the last chapter of Lycanthrope.

Lycanthrope 2: The Prophecy

Chapter Three: Hunting With

"So why weren't the other two at the meeting?"

"What other two?" Shinji asked as he looked at the vampire walking by his side out of the corner of his eye.

"Yuki and Asuka," Mana said. "The lycan elder gave us files on you three."

"He did?" Shinji growled.

"Sorry?"

"You most certainly are," Shinji growled. "I hope you won't be as free with my personal information in the future."

"This is an emergency," Bob said. "If it wasn't then I would never have done that."

"I know," Shinji said. "Just tell me next time."

"Do you two ever stop arguing?" Mana asked.

"No they don't," Angel said. "You know that if you come with us you are going to be stuck with us all day."

"I know," Mana said. "So where are the other two?"

"I asked them to stay at home," Shinji explained. "They have certain. . .violent tendencies."

"It was in their files," Mana said. "Your file also mentioned that you have certain. . .violent tendencies."

"I haven't read it," Shinji admitted. "What did it say?"

"It mentioned that you are psychotic and a sociopath," Mana said. "That's a nice little combination."

"Works for me," Shinji said.

"Of course it works for you," Bob said. "You're a psycho killer."

"Don't say that like it's a bad thing."

"You two are out of your minds," Mana said.

"It's only going to get worse from here," Angel said. "The whole lot of them are out of their minds."

"Okay," Mana said.

"Just stay behind Shinji," Angel said. "When pressed he can control both of them."

"Why would he want to control them?" Mana asked. "He's not exactly a vampire-friendly kind of creature."

"Shinji's mind, while not exactly normal, works perfectly well," Angel said. "He's crazy, but he isn't stupid."

"Crazy and smart," Mana said. "There are a lot of famous killers who are like that."

"They don't have anything on Shinji," Angel said.

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"We're home!" Mana watched as Shinji elbowed his sire roughly. The older lycan crumbled to the ground and curled into a ball. "What was that for?"

"You really are an idiot," Shinji growled.

"How'd the meeting go?" Mana looked up and saw the red headed girl standing in one of the doorways.

"Oh shit," Angel managed before the red haired girl pounced. Something solid hit Mana and sent her sprawling to the floor. She looked up and saw the red head connect solidly with Shinji. There was a flash of movement and then they both fell back.

"What the hell?"'

"Lycans are pack creatures," Angel whispered. "Therefore they only listen to those who are dominant. If Asuka won't back down and she beats Shinji then you're going to die."

"What?"

"Don't worry," Robert squeaked as he stood up. "Shinji won't loose. He's actually a great deal stronger then anyone here."

"Even you?" Mana asked.

"Even me," Robert said. "Ah, the wonders of youth." Mana looked back at the two young lycans. Asuka was growling, but she wasn't trying to fight. Shinji ignored her and touched his face. "You okay?"

"I'm fine," Shinji said as he turned back to them. Mana winced as she saw the four horizontal cuts on his right cheek. Shinji must have noticed. "Don't worry. These probably won't even scar that bad."

"They look really deep," Mana said. She wasn't a doctor, but she knew enough about wounds to know that those must have been painful.

"They're actually rather shallow," Shinji explained. "She wasn't aiming to kill me. No these," he said, indicating to the three vertical scars over his left eye, "are deep."

"Well they were," Robert said.

"How'd you get those?" Mana asked. Carl has told her to be curb her curiosity, but as long as they were on the topic there were a few things she wanted to know.

"The first vampire I killed gave me these," Shinji said with a grin. 'I didn't want to know,' Mana decided.

"What was all the yelling about?" Mana looked up and saw the other young lycan female.

"Hello."

"Are you feeling okay?" Shinji asked.

"I have a cold," the woman said. "My nose is a little stuffy. Why? Is there something I should smell?"

"She's a vampire," Robert said. Shinji's elbow connected with the man's stomach and he collapsed with a groan. "Twice," he managed to squeak before he curled into a ball.

"Why is she here?"

"The elders want her to work with us," Shinji answered.

"I see," the woman said coldly. She turned and walked back into the other room.

"That was scary," Angel commented.

"I really wish she had just attacked," Shinji said.

"Women are really scary when they do that silent act," Robert said.

"Silence you!"

"Sorry." Shinji sighed and pulled on his leather jacket.

"Going out?" Asuka asked.

"Yeah," Shinji said. "I'm going to try and cheer Yuki up."

"I hope you have a really good plan," Mana said.

"So do I."

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"I'm home." Asuka looked up and stared at the man who was shutting the door behind him.

"Shinji?"

"Yeah?" the man asked.

"Oh my God."

"Stop laughing," Shinji growled as he sat down. He suddenly looked rather insecure. "Do I really look that bad?"

"No," Asuka said as she tried to stop giggling. "You look great. It's just weird seeing you all cleaned up."

"Really?" Shinji asked as he stroked his trimmed goatee. "Do you think Yuki will like it?"

"No," Asuka said sarcastically. "She was joking every time she asked you to go get cleaned up. . ." she paused as stared at Shinji.

"What?"

"You don't smell."

"Thank you?"

"No," Asuka said. "You smell like a normal person, well as normal as you can get. You took a shower!"

"Shower, shampoo, shave, haircut," Shinji listed on his fingers. "Flea dip. Any suggestions?"

"Loose the ponytail," Asuka said. "That just doesn't work for you." She stared at him for a moment as his words sank in. "Flea dip?"

"Yeah." Shinji tugged out an elastic band and his hair fell free, ending just below his ears instead of his shoulders.

"You're kidding, right?" Asuka asked.

"Hey Yuki!"

"Flea dip?" Asuka asked again.

"What's wrong Shinji?" Asuka turned and saw Yuki walked down the stairs. "Shinji?" Asuka turned back and saw her sire staring at his feet. For the first time and ten years he looked rather unsure of himself. Asuka calmly stood up and walked into the kitchen. "Shinji!"

"What was that?" Bob asked as he looked up from the table and lowered the ice pack that had been on his left eye.

"Sounded like a flying tackle," Angel commented.

"Shinji's plan to cheer Yuki up worked," Asuka said with a shrug. "I wouldn't go in that room for a couple of hours."

"Good thing this house has a back stairway," Bob said with a sigh. "God damn kids. All they think about is screwing each other."

"They've gotten better," Asuka argued.

"They have," Angel admitted.

"They're screwing each other in the living room," Mana said.

"Beats a changing booth at the beach," Asuka said.

"Or that phone booth in Barcelona," Bob added.

"Or that bar," Angel said.

"They did it at a bar?" Mana asked.

"There was a power outage," Asuka explained. "And they didn't do it at a bar, they did it on the bar."

"Oh my." Mana looked like she was trying desperately to blush even though it was impossible for vampires to do.

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"Good evening." Mana watched as Shinji staggered into the kitchen. "Hello?" Shinji held up a finger indicating for her to wait. He grabbed a bottle from the cupboard and took a long sip. "You're having alcohol for breakfast?"

"Yeah," Shinji said as he sat down at the table across from Mana. "I guess this is kind of like breakfast."

"For my species it is," Mana said.

"Where's the idiot?"

"You're sire?" Mana asked. Shinji nodded. "You call your sire 'idiot'?"

"Yeah," Shinji said. "Where is he?"

"Elder's meeting," Mana said. "You have been. . .indisposed for about twenty hours."

"Indisposed," Shinji said with a chuckle. "Nice way of putting it. Have you eaten yet?"

"No," Mana said. "Asuka invited me to go hunting with her, but I don't feel all that safe around her."

"Good thing you didn't go," Shinji said. "You would have had a pretty fatal accident."

"Should I worry about 'accidents' with Yuki?" Mana asked.

"I think she'll be fine," Shinji said. He took another sip and offered his bottle to Mana.

"What's in there?"

"Wild Turkey." Mana took the bottle and downed half of its contents. The burning fluid warmed her cool body in mimicry of when she was a human. "Wow. I really wouldn't suggest drinking that much in one go."

"Good stuff," Mana managed to wheeze. Shinji chuckled and finished off the bottle. "Did I pass the test?"

"Test?"

"You wanted to see if I thought I was too good to drink from the same bottle as a lycan," Mana said proudly. She had figured out the lycan's plan.

"I think you look into things too much," Shinji said as he stood up. Mana's pride deflated. "I'm going hunting. You coming?"

"Sure." Mana quickly grabbed her coat and followed the lycan out the back door. "Where are we going?"

"Any place where there are a lot of humans," Shinji said.

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"How are they doing Robert?" Bob looked up at Carl and growled as a smirk wormed its way across the vampire's face. "Who gave you the shiner?"

"Shinji's mate," Bob said.

"So he fears her for good reason," Carl said.

"Oh yeah," Bob said. "Good reason."

"So how are they putting up with her?"

"Fairly well," Bob said. "Shinji is protecting her, Asuka is looking for a way to kill her, and Yuki is putting up with her even though she doesn't like it."

"Is that what happened to your eye?" Carl asked.

"Yeah," Bob said. "Shinji managed to calm her down though."

"Good for him," Carl said. "And you."

"Very good for me," Bob said.

"Does Shinji suspect anything?" Carl asked.

"If he did then I would probably not be here," Bob said.

"He knows that you aren't telling him everything," Carl said. "He made no attempt at hiding it."

"I noticed," Bob said. "If he thinks that he is being manipulated then he will rebel."

"You better keep it secret then."

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Shinji took a deep draw on his cigarette and watched as Mana dropped the young man she had been feeding on. "That easy?"

"That easy," Mana said smugly.

"I don't like easy," Shinji said as he tossed his cigarette into a dumpster. To his disappointment it didn't burst into flame. "Damn rain."

"Like the way you feed is all the great," Mana said. "You could put what was left of that guy in a matchbox!" Shinji smiled and licked his lips at the memory of his earlier kill. "Don't do that."

"What?"

"Smile like that," Mana said. "It's disturbing."

"Sorry."

"No you aren't," Mana said.

"No I'm not," Shinji admitted. "What do you know about the elder's plans?"

"They want to finalize a few things and then they'll turn us loose to seek and destroy SEELE," Mana said. "Why?"

"Do you think that there is an ulterior motive?" Shinji pressed as he lit a new cigarette.

"Did you ask me out so that you could question me?" Mana asked.

"Partially," Shinji said. "The other reason being that I've never seen a vampire feed."

"Do you think that the elders have something planned that they're not telling us about?" Mana asked. "How could you think that about the elder of your own species. He's your sire!"

"I've never had much luck with. . .parental figures," Shinji said. "And I don't trust easily."

"Has he given you any reason not to trust him?" Mana asked.

"He doesn't need to," Shinji said simply. "You want some advice?"

"This should be good," Mana sneered.

"Don't let you loyalties blind you," Shinji said simply. "The elders are planning something. If you get your head out of your ass then you might just notice."

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Yuki looked up as the front door opened and Shinji stepped inside. "Hey."

"Hello," Shinji said. "Did you just wake up?"

"Whose fault is that?" Yuki asked. Shinji chuckled and sat on the couch. "So where have you been?"

"Hunting with the vampire," Shinji said.

"Hunting with or hunting the?" Yuki asked.

"Hunting with," Shinji said. "Have you ever seen them feed? It's so clean and neat."

"There's nothing wrong with clean and neat," Yuki said.

"It's killing and feeding," Shinji argued. "Not surgery."

"So why else did you go with her?" Yuki asked.

"Bob and Angel are hiding something," Shinji asked. "I wanted to see if she noticed it."

"Did she?"

"Nah," Shinji said dismissively. "Her head has been firmly and deeply implanted her ass by her blind loyalty to her elder."

"We need to talk with someone about SEELE," Yuki said. "Any idea as to who?"

"Lieutenant Jonathan Fly of the United Nations Intelligence Agency," Shinji said.

"Who?"

"Maybe you'll know his other name," Shinji suggested. "Special Investigator Kaji Ryoji of SEELE and the Japanese Department of the Interior."

"Asuka is going to be thrilled," Yuki commented.

"There's a problem," Shinji said.

"Are you afraid she's going to try and claim him?" Yuki asked.

"If she claims him then she's going to try and turn him," Shinji said tiredly. "And we need him alive. . .for the time being at least."

"You can be such an asshole sometimes," Yuki said.

"I inherited that from my sire," Shinji said. "Have you seen Bardiel and Lilith?"

"They needed to go back to Tokyo-3," Yuki said. "They want us to meet them there

"Convenient," Shinji said. "That's where Lieutenant Fly is currently stationed."

"Very convenient," Yuki asked. "But it doesn't prove that there is a master puppeteer somewhere."

"Of course not," Shinji said. "I threw that asshole into a furnace and watched him turn to ash ten years ago."

"Happy memories," Yuki said nostalgically.

"Oh yeah."

-End

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-Author's notes. Number three in the series. I hope to explain the title of the series a little in the next chapter. . .maybe.